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futtock shrouds

futtock shrouds is the plural of futtock shroud.

Meaning of futtock shroud

Noun

futtock shroud (plural futtock shrouds)

  1. Any of a set of ropes, wires or chains that brace the futtock plate from a band on the lower mast.
    • [H]e laid hold of the first ratline with his right hand, then sprung to the second, with his left, and so on alternately, right and left, up to the last, close to the futtock shrouds.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 80

Questions about futtock shrouds

What is futtock shrouds the plural of?
Futtock shrouds is the plural of futtock shroud.

Words near futtock shrouds in the dictionary

  1. futters
  2. futtock
  3. futtock plate
  4. futtock plates
  5. futtock shroud
  6. futtock shrouds
  7. futtocks
  8. futton
  9. Futtsu
  10. Futuna
  11. Futunan

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